noun
- students training to become priests or ministers in a seminary
Usage: religious context
Examples
- The seminarists attended morning prayers before their theology classes.
- Twenty seminarists will be ordained as priests next spring.
- The seminary welcomed new seminarists from various dioceses.
- Seminarists study scripture, church history, and pastoral care.
- The bishop visited the seminarists during their retreat.
- Many seminarists spend summers working in parishes for practical experience.